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It is an excellent alternative to enhance your home garden with native prairie wildflowers. All you need is full sun and/or partial sunlight. In urban and suburban settings one must be careful to select the most attractive species. And, it is advisable to plant several well-planned beds of monoculture. In this way you will not attract the ire of your neighbors. Because suburbanites are familiar with monocultured beds of flowers, this point cannot be overestimated. As shown in Fig. 5.1, a prairie wildflower garden can greatly complement your lawn and home. Illustrated are Echinacea pallida and later-blooming Ratibida pinnata (just in bud stage).
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Gardner, H.W. (2011). Restoration Methods. In: Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7427-3_5
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